Kazan – the oldest capital city

Interestingly, there are also many modern architectural monuments alongside the history. These include the “Frisbee” of the circus as the symbols of Kazan, and the modern Qolsharif Mosque.Architecture lovers can also see how Christianity and Islam coexist in Kazan. The decoration of Orthodox churches contains elements of Asian pomp. RaifskyBogoroditsky Cathedral has a miracle-working icon of the Mother of God of Georgia,which is kept with special reverence.

Kazan is a major transportation center. There are a railway and bus stations, a river port and an international airport. Much attention is paid to the roads. A number of major transport interchange junctions have been completed in Kazan as well as construction of the new "Millenium" bridge has been completed. Renewal of roads is performed with application of up-to-date technologies and foreign-made equipment with Tatarstan being the first of all Russian regions to acquire such technologies and equipment. Transportation pattern reform was carried out in Kazan in 2007, which allowed making the urban public transport convenient for people effectively merging the ground transportation and subways into a single system. In the near future the plans provide for introducing the passage payment system based on application of contactless plastic smart cards

Things to Do in Kazan

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